Sanyo PLV-Z2000 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour

Next we move to the right side (still looking from the front). Here are found the vertical and horiztonal lens shift dials, and a lens lock to lock in those adjustments.

The control panel is located on the top of the PLV-Z2000. It is your classic control panel, consisting of nine buttons and 3 indicator lights. The indicator lights are for Power, Temperature, and Lamp. Looking from the back of the projector, the nine buttons are laid out as follows:

Three rows of three. The top row has Power (press once for on, twice for off), on the top right, and the Menu button on the top left. The bottom left is Input select, and the bottom right is an Info button. The other buttons (top center, 2nd row left and right, and bottom center), are the usual four arrow keys for menu navigation, and the center (center row) button is the Enter button.

The right side (from the rear) is mostly exhaust fan venting. And that takes us to the rear of the Sanyo PLV-Z2000. This Sanyo is fairly well equipped, although not extensively so. There are two HDMI inputs (I wish everyone would offer 3, but almost no one does), and two Component video inputs. In addition, there are the obligatory S-video and composite video inputs, and a computer input – the traditional analog HD15 connector. Lastly, there’s also a service port. The power receptacle and “hard” power switch are also on the rear of the Z2000.

That pretty much covers the physical aspects of the projector. As I said, the Sanyo PLV-Z2000 is an extremly watchable projector. Time to substantiate that opinion in our next section on image quality